NASA has named Arthur E. (Gene) Goldman as the new director of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. He was the center's deputy director since October 2006, and this promotion is effective immediately replacing Bob Cabana, who left in October to become the director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Goldman brings a wealth of experience in that area to his new job. He served as manager of the space shuttle main engine project at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, from March 2004 until he departed for Stennis in 2006. He was the project's deputy manager for six years before ascending to the top job.

Stennis' facility in southwest Mississippi is NASA's primary testing ground for rocket engines and propulsion systems.